[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in antiviral drug development towards dengue virus

B Troost, JM Smit - Current opinion in virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evaluating drug efficacy, specificity and toxicity may help to develop an optimal
treatment regime for in vivo studies.•Measuring time to resolve viremia in vivo may help to …

Molecular mechanisms of antiviral agents against dengue virus

MF Lee, YS Wu, CL Poh - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dengue is a major global health threat causing 390 million dengue infections and 25,000
deaths annually. The lack of efficacy of the licensed Dengvaxia vaccine and the absence of …

The medicinal chemistry of dengue virus

MAM Behnam, C Nitsche, V Boldescu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dengue virus and related flaviviruses are an increasing global health threat. In this
perspective, we comment on and review medicinal chemistry efforts aimed at the prevention …

Dengue drug discovery: Progress, challenges and outlook

SP Lim - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of the only available vaccine (DENGVAXIA) that was marketed in several
countries, but poses higher risks to unexposed individuals, the development of antivirals for …

Dengue virus: pathogenesis and potential for small molecule inhibitors

N Chauhan, KK Gaur, TR Asuru… - Bioscience reports, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Dengue, caused by dengue virus (DENV), is now endemic in nearly 100 countries and
infection incidence is reported in another 30 countries. Yearly an estimated 400 million …

Discovering new medicines targeting helicases: challenges and recent progress

WR Shadrick, J Ndjomou, R Kolli… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Helicases are ubiquitous motor proteins that separate and/or rearrange nucleic acid
duplexes in reactions fueled by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis. Helicases …

Ebselen inhibits hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase binding to nucleic acid and prevents viral replication

S Mukherjee, WS Weiner, CE Schroeder… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is both a protease, which cleaves
viral and host proteins, and a helicase that separates nucleic acid strands, using ATP …

Benzothiazole and pyrrolone flavivirus inhibitors targeting the viral helicase

NL Sweeney, AM Hanson, S Mukherjee… - ACS infectious …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The flavivirus nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is a protease and helicase, and on the basis of
its similarity to its homologue encoded by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), the flavivirus NS3 …

Protease inhibitors block multiple functions of the NS3/4A protease-helicase during the hepatitis C virus life cycle

DR McGivern, T Masaki, W Lovell, C Hamlett… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 is a multifunctional protein composed of a protease
domain and a helicase domain linked by a flexible linker. Protease activity is required to …

Hepatitis C: The Story of a Long Journey through First, Second, and Third Generation NS3/4A Peptidomimetic Inhibitors. What Did We Learn?

SD Martino, GL Petri, M De Rosa - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is the leading cause of liver failure and still represents a
global health burden. Over the past decade, great advancements made HCV curable, and …